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Oldest Jewish Cemetery in America
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The oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States is located in New York City; the grave of Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas can be seen here in the burial grounds of Congregation Shearith Israel.

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Photographer Unknown

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1798

Subjects:

Life cycle, Mourning, Burial, Cemetery, Death, Gravestones & tombs

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Decorative arts, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Photograph of headstones in cemetery.
Funeral Activities
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1723–1743

Subjects:

Life cycle, Mourning, Ritual & observance, Cemetery, Death

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Print & book culture
Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top showing men in large room walking in circle with books, the bottom showing men shoveling dirt onto grave.